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overclocking an AMD 2500+

Any suggestions on heat sink/fan???
I'd also like to do the best with the video card and memory. I've gotten as far as setting the cpu @ 11x184, any more and the system reboots. I wanna see this baby hit 2.4GHz if I can. Although money's no object, I'm alittle hesistant on going for water cooling. My best options are???

well get a thermalright copper Heatsink and a nice big 80MM fan. its probably rebooting because of the memory, try adjusting the timings from 2CL to 2.5CL or somthing, or giving the memory more voltage, infact firstly increase your Vcore

Originally posted by Martin_89 if money is no option why did you order a 9200SE??

well get a thermalright copper Heatsink and a nice big 80MM fan. its probably rebooting because of the memory, try adjusting the timings from 2CL to 2.5CL or somthing, or giving the memory more voltage, infact firstly increase your Vcore

I never write posts agreeing with people, but in this case its necessary. Why did you get a 9200SE? That's slower than a 9000 Pro, half as fast as a 9600, and that is even three times slower than an 9800. I would send that back and exchange it for at least a 9600XT if not a 9800 Pro (They're practically $200 even now) if you plan to do anything resembling gaming. And if you aren't gaming, then why would you want to o/c your CPU? I guess I'm just surprised.

Haven't got it yet, Fedex said tomorrow, but I got the PowerColor 9800SE for $159 I hope to get a good card to do the softmod trick w/Omega's 4.2xx drivers and unlock the 4 locked pipelines, with 128mb 2.4ns ram, 256 bit, and all 8 pipes open she'll be a 9800 PRO. Some cards work fine, others show artifacts w/8 pipes, its potluck.